Hi guys Eventually, I figured it out (with a whole lotta help from google - and y'all!)
In the end, what I needed was the following config lines: [/etc/modutils/alsa] alias char-major-116 snd alias char-major-14 soundcore options snd major=116 cards_limit=4 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias snd-card-000 snd-powermac alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-slot-0 snd-slot-0 [/etc/modutils/sound] pre-install snd-powermac modprobe dmasound_pmac ; rmmod dmasound_pmac dmasound_core post-remove dmasound_pmac rmmod dmasound_pcore post-install snd-powermac rmmod i2c-keywest && modprobe i2c-keywest [/etc/power/pwrctl-local] case "$1" in minimum) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "minimum power $2" ;; medium) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "medium power $2" ;; maximum) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "maximum power $2" $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "skipping pwrctl-main" exit 1 ;; warning) /usr/bin/wall "Low battery, system going down any minute now" ;; lid-closed) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "lid-closed $2" /etc/init.d/alsa force-stop ;; lid-opened) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "lid-opened $2" /etc/init.d/alsa start sh /i2c.sh ;; sleep) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "sleep $2" /etc/init.d/alsa force-stop ;; wakeup) $logger -p daemon.info -t pwrctl-local "sleep $2" /etc/init.d/pbbuttonsd restart /etc/init.d/alsa start sh /i2c.sh ;; *) $logger -p daemon.error -t pwrctl-local "invalid arg $1 $2" exit 2 ;; esac exit 0 [/i2c.sh] #!/bin/bash rmmod i2c-keywest && modprobe i2c-keywest [end] Now, I figure that some of this hacking may not have been needed - ugly kludging abounds. I suspect some of the cluey-er folks on the list may be able to refine or refute these additions on various grounds. However, it works. Not only that, it goes to sleep and wakes up without a problem, only breaking xmms (my testbench, hehe) if put to sleep while playing, which rates as a minor inconvenience. Configuring xmms for ALSA itself was a little tricky. Initially, with a buffer time of 500ms and a period time of 50ms, playback was too fast, and very glitchy. I have achieved stabilisation at 800ms and 60ms, although there are some minor playback glitches which i can only describe as high-pitched clicks. It is entirely possible that these are artifacts from the mp3 or ogg compression as they are present in both file formats. No .wavs or other formats tested yet. Hope this helps someone else out. Chris